
Hideto Asamura once more proved too big an obstacle for the Lotte Marines as his 28th home run lifted the Rakuten Eagles to a 5-3 win in a clash of Pacific League pennant contenders on Wednesday.A night after Asamura homered three times, Eagles right-hander Hideaki Wakui mowed down the first 16 Marines batters he faced at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi.Wakui (9-3) allowed three runs on four hits and a hit batsman while striking out seven over seven innings. All three runs scored in the sixth, when the Marines tied it on back-to-back one-out RBI doubles by Shuhei Fukuda and Leonys Martin.But, after…